Power generator



- Dec. 8, 1942. G. H. woons POWER GENERATOR Filed March 19, 1940 IINVENTOR- Geo/ye H h aoais Mf/EQ? JWWW ATTORNEY.

Fateniecl Dec. 8, 1942 2,304,136 rowan carols George ill. Woods, SantaBarbara, Calif.

Application'March 19, 1940, Serial No. sauce 1 Glaim.

to operate a long leverage impact receiving impeller wheel therebyattaining very smooth and flexible cyclic power producing operation;

Second, to provide a power generator of this class which is arranged tooperate on crude fuels and therefore provides very economical powerproduction;

Third, to provide a power generator of this class in which the impactreceiving impeller members are eiiectively air cooled;

Fourth, to provide a power generator of this class which converts crudefuel into highly combustible vapors for creating an efiicient andpowerful gaseous draft when operating the impact receiving wheel of mypower generator;

Fifth, to provide a power generator of this class in which thetorch-like gas blast is so forceful that the gases exert considerablepressure on the impact receiving impeller members in'smooth consecutiveorder; and

Sixth, to provide a power generator of this class which is very simpleand economical of construction, efficient in its action and which willnot readily deteriorate or get out of order.

With these and other objects in view as will ppear hereinafter, myinvention consists of certain novel features of construction,combination and arrangement of parts and portions as will be hereinafterdescribed in detail and particularly set forth in the appended claim,reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the characters ofreference thereon which form a part of this application in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevationai view of my power producing apparatusshowing portions broken away and in section to facilitate theillustration; Fig. 2 is a plan sectional view thereof, taken from theline 2-2 of Fig. 1 Fig.3 is a fragmentary sectional view taken from theline 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken from theline i -i of Fig. l and Fig, 5 is a sectional view taken from the line5-5 of Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference refer to simi lar parts and portionsthroughout the several views of the drawing.

The supporting frame i, impact receiving impeller members 2, impellerwheel shaft 3, main casing i, draft directing casing 5, fuel jet 6 andthe fuel valve constitute the principal parts and portions of my powergenerator,

The supporting frame is provided with sub- ,stantially vertical legmembers la and substantially-horizontal frame portions lb which aresecured on the upper end of the legs la, as shown best in Figs. 1 and 2of the drawing. This supporting frame I is also provided with an endmember lc which is secured between the frame portions lb, as shown bestin Fig. 2 of the drawing. Lhe frame portions lb are each provided with ajoui'. ..i portion ld in which the impeller wheel s aft 3 is journalledand secured therein by mea s'of theibearing cap member ie, as shown bestin Figs, 1 and 2 of the drawing. Fixed on this im eller wheel shaft 3 bymeans of the key 311, is t ejimpeller wheel hub member 3b as shown bestin Fig. 2 of the drawing. Welded or otherwise secured to thecentralportion of this hub member 3b are the radially extending impellerwheel arm members 30. Secured on the extending ends of the arms 3c arethe impact receiving impeller members 2;, which are substantially thecross sectional shape. as shown in Fig. i of the drawing. These impactreceiving impellermembers 2, together with the arm members 30 and thehub member 3b form an impact receiving impeller wheel, as shown best inFig. l of the drawing. Secured on the outwardly extending end 3d of theimpeller wheel shaft 3 is a-pulley 38 which is arranged to deliver thepower from my power generator by means of a belt, not shown, which maybe positioned thereon. The main casing d is substantially hollow andcylindrical in shape and is provided with openings to and 4b in its oneside which are positioned in an arcuate path of the impact receivingimpeller members 2, as shown best in Fig. 1 of the drawing. It is alsoprovided with a substantially vertical slotted por tion do which isarranged to receive the arm members 30 as they revolve theretbrough, asshown best in Fig. 2 of the drawing. Positioned in the upper end of themaincasing d is the draft directing casing=5 which is substantiallyfrustoconical in cross section and is surrounded by a casing member 6a.which is so positioned and arranged in cooperative relation with themain casing i that s. substantially annular opening is formedintermediate' the main casing d and the casing member 511, as shown bestin Fig. 1 of the drawing. It will be noted that a compartment A ispositioned intermediate the draft directing casing 5 and the casingmember 5a. Communi- I eating with this compartment A is a fuel inlettube la which is connected with the fuel valve 1 which is arranged tocontrol the pressure flow of fuel from the fuel conducting tube lb intothe compartment A, all as best: in Fig. 1 of the drewil Communism thefuel in the compercment A e, c which pcsl- 111- cried on the l "2 e 5.in co time, a ilh the end werrlly ext-each" a-lemy cower a;

slightly permitting A gas-ass clo' fuel pessi'c a: the end cl? t.

' ed from the comolzstloo c use? around act the heated in the maincasing by the torchplike draft from the fuel jet 6 and draft directingcasing 5. The pulley member 36 on the extendmg end oi the impeller wheelshaft 3 provides suit-able power tekewff means for the delivery of powerfrom my power Though I have showe on described a, porticu lez'construction, combination arrangement of and portions, I do not Wish tobe limited to this particular construction, combination end arrangement,but desire to inclzlcle in the scope 0;? my mvention, the constz cbloc,combination Tenge-ment substa:

nended claim.

time described ee and desire 3c lm'en'tion, what eecme by Letters"Fe-Eerie is:

a power generator cl. the class described, the eombizlctcn of e.revolulzle impact receiving Wheel of a, plurality of radiating spokesseparated from other except at their inner connected ends and providedwith. turned por tions at their free extenclecl sepamte spaced. impactreceiving lmgleller members positioned on me exfcenclecl of each of soldspokes, torchlfize fuel cncl impact fluid directing means a? P31156131cooperative relation "with the impact, receiving side of sold impactimpeller members, 2. single straight tubular main casing pro vlded. withsoecezl cutaway portions in on side receive said rec glellexmembers citthe periphery of .3 receiving wheel, said torchdilxe fuel fluiddirecling means positional casing and provided with an all ml 3 the somein said casing wheel? around fluid directing like fuel and arranged toarea lmpecl on serial impact rec-e2 1's. impact dlrecti; L21

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